The Power of Identity By Marisol Hernandez | Photo provided by CNY Latino When she arrived in the United States in 1979, Myrna García Calderón, the director of Syracuse University’s Latino-Latin American Studies program, never intended to call the country...
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Women in Cardiology
The Slow Rise of Female Cardiologists By Lorna Oppedisano When Dr. Uzma Iqbal, a cardiologist associated with St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center, interviewed for her cardiology fellowship, she was met with unsettling warnings from two women already established in the...
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Rosemary Arroyo-Pérez
Healthy Family By Marisol Hernandez | Photography provided by CNY Latino Rosemary Arroyo-Pérez, a first generation Puerto Rican hailing from New York City, fell in love with Syracuse when she moved to the area as a teenager 31 years ago....
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Past Go Red Chairwomen
Past Go Red Chairwomen Compiled by SWM staff Every year, SWM partners with the American Heart Association to help spread the message of heart-healthy living. Here are a few words from the past chairwomen of the Go Red for Women...
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Kathy Ozzard Chism
Healing the World By Lorna Oppedisano | Photography by Alexis Emm About eight years ago, Kathy Ozzard Chism was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis after a decade of often debilitating pain. Four of her organs almost completely shut down. Her ability...
